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So far, the religious life of the ancient cities of Pautalia and Serdica has not been subject of an independent study, although some scholarly publications are related to this topic. Newly discovered monuments determine the need for further research and the audit of some older observations and interpretations. In the course of work on this dissertation, a considerable number of monuments (coins, altars, statue pedestals, votive tablets, figurines, etc.) has been catalogued, described, and analysed. In the studies of some researchers dealing with the religious life of Pautalia and Serdica, there is an insufficient focus on the reverse images of the coins minted in the two cities. The present dissertation, therefore, devotes considerable space for analysis of these particular coins, whose images reflect, on the one hand, the general imperial trends and policies of the ruling emperors and, on the other hand, specific local features of the cults of Pautalia and Serdica. Significant elements of life in the two cities emerge from the in-depth modern numismatic analysis of the two provincial coinages; several similarities were found and, at the same time, many essential differences.
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